St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-27
TALKING FOR TRACTS.
Baptists Hard at Work---The La

IALAlNG FOR TkACISs
Baptists Hard at Work---The La
dies Again---Service OF Praise.
About the last of the Baptist dele
gates have arrived and the city is full
of them. The special New England
train, consisting of six Wagner sleep
ers, arrived at $50 in the mornings,
bringing in $50 delegates, who wefe
welcomed by large crowd at the union
rapidly and there are now nearly 500
delegates in the city, representing
thirty-nine states and territories. The
Publication society resumed its sessions
in the morning and devoted its time to
the discussion of tract work. Secretary
Griffith enthusiastically advocated the
extension of work of this character.
DR.. Wayland Hoyt, Philadelphia, took
the same view, but strenuOusly insisted
on having tracts printed attractively.
Half a dozen brief addresses, all
in favor of tracts, followed
and continued until the noon
following officers were elected: Presi-
vice presiden S, Thomas Armitage, d.
D., New York, III. II. Tucker, ID. D., LII.
D., Georgia, Edward Goodman, Illinois,
Joshua lowering, Maryland; secretary,
Benjamin Griffith, ID. ID. i; recording sec
rotary, Howard Gendell, treasurer,
Charles ii. Banes: managers, George w.
Anderson, d. D., Henry q. Weston, ID.
D., Adoniram j. Rowland, D. D., Isaac
G. Wynn, ID. D., Jesse B. Thomas, ID.
D., Wayland Hoyt, d. D., Rev. George
p. Rees, Rev. William II. Robinson,
Jacob G. Walker, d. D., Rev. Lewis
Kaiser, j. 7. Beckley, d. D., Ebenezer
Morgan, B. +. Dennisson, William
Bucknell, w. Frederick Snyder, Charles
Abbot, Horatio Gates Jones, d. G. L.,
George Callaghan, George K. Grocer,
Thomas j. Hoskinson, David p. Leas,
John S. Stevens, Harry S. Hopper, Sam
uel j. Creswell, Joseph ii. Gaskill.
AFTERNOON MISSIONARY MEETING.
the Hennepin avenue NJ. E. church
brought out large assembly composed
largely of ladies. Mr.. Horn, of Boston,
presided and had the pleasure of intro
ducing to the audience several mission
aries from the Orient, home on vacation.
Among these were Miss Highly, who
spoke of her work in Burmah, dwelling
particularly upon the schools for native
women and children, and Miss Inbun,
of China, who spoke of the vastness of
her labors and of the foreign field gen.
orally, as compared with that of home
missions. Miss Wept, who has but re-
Gently been appointed to the foreign
field, made an intensely interesting
Jewett also made brief remarks on the
greatness of the work and the need of
workers. A necklace and bracelet of
Oriental make, was presented to the
society by Mrs. Gates, secretary of the
Eastern branch. "Aunt Lizzie was there,
and knowing money to be of more
value to the treasury than jewels, she
made plea for the sale of the souvnir,
which brought $685. and the jewelry was
returned to the society. )
CHRISTIAN CARE AND TRAINING.
The large auditorium of the First
Baptist church was crowded to its
utmost capacity last night by people
anxious to hear the distinguished
divines who had been announced to
speak on christian Watchcare and
Training" The addresses were by
Rev. DR.. o. P. caches, Of
New Jersey, whose subject was
Care in the Reception of Members
who gave, in discourse of unusual
merit, practical hints on 'How to Hold
and Train Converts" and Rev. How
ard B. Grose, of New York, who spoke
of ''The Press-Its Relation to Strong
and Intelligent Membership" The adj
dresses were all very interesting, and
were listened to with the closest atten-
ton by the audience. Mr.. Crosses
paper was replete with striking
thoughts, attractively expressed: 1.-The
world always has plenty of men
remarkable for wide and varied misin-
formation" Reading on the run is
weakening to the mind and character"
1--WE want more reading of fewer books:
full reading of the best book"-these are
but samples of the many good things it
contained. That portion of his re-
marks devoted to the daily papers was
very much of newspaper roast. He
said the dailies contain paragraphs of
Christianity and pages of crime.'
'The press Samson-whimsical, I'M
reliable, untamed Samson" He
credited the dailies with bringing
criminals to justice, terrifying
boodlers and in other ways rendering
meritorious service to the public, b ut
with rare and honorable exceptions they
run elderly into license" and seek
sensations rather than healthy news.
The only honorable exception which
came to the good mans mind was the
Minneapolis Tribune, Save the mark !!
which evinced a disposition toward
righteousness by the publication of full
and complete accounts of these meet
ingS.
The Sunday newspaper was arraigned
in way to make even the sporting pa
pers respectable by comparison. The
eloquent preacher poured out the full
measure of his denunciation against
these devils :. of darkness. 1.-The
Sunday paper is one of the
most insinuating foes to all that
Christianity is trying to do in the
world" The elegance of the speakers
diction did not detract in the slightest
degree from the strength of his condem-
nation. He may be fanatical; he is I'M
questionably sincere. Having done up
the Sunday papers, he cast about for a
means to eXterminate them, and recon-
mended general boycott by all Chris
tians, not only of the Sunday paper; but
against every newspaper having Sun
day issue. With the sinful daily prop
erly squelched, the Christian will pro-
coed to patrOnize the religious weekly.
press power whose agency for good
cannot be estimated, and one deserving
the unqualified support of all good peo-
pie everywhere.